Paralympic Experience Day held in Kent
At left, AJ Digby, 15, of Tontogany, puts on his prostheses before a run on the track during Paralympic Experience Day at the Kent State Student Rec and Wellness Center on Saturday in Kent. At right,...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — March 31
AkronWard meetingsAKRON: Two Akron councilmen will host ward meetings Tuesday.Russel Neal Jr. from Ward 4 will discuss two home-improvement programs at 6:30 p.m. at Lawton Street Community Center, 1225...
View ArticleCelebrations — March 31
CommunityDr. Joseph A. Congeni, medical director of the Sports Medicine Center at Akron Children’s Hospital, received the Dr. Carl E. Krill Award from the St. Sebastian Parish Knights of Columbus. He...
View ArticleArea deaths — March 31
MEDINASamosky, Evelyn L., 86, of Medina. Died Friday. Bauer, Valley City.
View ArticleThe NAACP has been in existence since 1909, locally since 1917
NAACP history The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in New York City in February 1909 by a group of mostly white liberals. It was formed partly in response to the...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Legislators reel back their news
How many state representatives does it take to announce a modest grant? The same number it takes to rescind the announcement 14 minutes later.That would be two.Zach Milkovich, D-Akron, and Vernon...
View ArticleArmy veteran has a new Akron house
On Easter weekend, Larry Modic’s new life in a Southwest Akron neighborhood began.The Army veteran whose previous house was demolished by the city of Akron Feb. 5 after it was condemned for housing...
View ArticleLocal NAACP president is still upbeat after serving 20 years at the helm
Akron NAACP President Ophelia Averitt is a flawless dresser. She typically dons a bold, eye-catching hat as part of her traditional southern style. She draws attention and commands respect.In 1997,...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron to offer innovative path to college credits
The University of Akron soon will offer innovative refresher classes to help students earn credit for courses through testing.As soon as May, students can enroll in nine undergraduate tutorials in...
View ArticleLocal therapist embraces hope of Easter in his battle with cancer
Don Lichi is thankful to be alive.Last year, the prominent psychologist and vice president of Akron’s Emerge Counseling Services (formerly Emerge Ministries), could not walk and needed a wheelchair...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — March 31
AKRONPassport given upAKRON: The Twinsburg man accused of stabbing his wife to death in February was ordered to surrender his U.S. passport.Glenn Wong, in the Summit County Jail in lieu of a $1 million...
View ArticleCharity events
Plan AheadRed Cross Bash Fundraiser — 6 p.m. April 13 at the MAPS Air Museum, 2260 International Parkway, North Canton. Live and silent auctions, raffle and more. Wear khakis, medical or military...
View ArticleMedina softball team uninjured in pileup in Virginia
A bus transporting the Medina High School girls varsity softball team to a tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C., was rear-ended in a massive pileup Sunday afternoon near the Virginia-North Carolina...
View ArticleLocal history: Outrageous pranks recalled from Buchtel College
The sound of muffled laughter echoed through the quiet corridors of Buchtel College in Akron.During the late 19th century, mischievous students took the starch out of the Victorian era with a series of...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Eavesdropping on lives of active centenarians
As much as I enjoy bouncing stories in the news off little children — those at the dawn of learning all sorts of stuff — I also cherish, when time and space permit, sharing stories about extraordinary...
View ArticleWinter weather slows downtown Kent projects
KENT: Residents have had plenty of reasons to curse the weather in recent weeks, and visitors to the city’s downtown area can add another entry to that list. The PARTA downtown transit center and...
View ArticleGold Star mom turns son’s tale of a day of adventure as a boy into a...
BRIMFIELD TWP.: On a drive with his parents to Green Bay, Wis., to visit Lambeau Field, Luke Emch started telling stories of his childhood.Emch was in Navy corpsman school at the Great Lakes Naval...
View ArticleLighter-Than-Air Society event
Event remembers airshipThe Lighter-Than-Air Society is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the loss of the USS Akron and the launch of the USS Macon, the U.S. Navy’s giant rigid airships built in...
View ArticleForgotten U.S. airship crash recalled 80 years later
LAKEHURST, N.J.: History buffs will gather this week near the New Jersey coast to commemorate a major airship disaster.No, not that one.Newsreel footage and radio announcer Herbert Morrison’s plaintive...
View ArticleOhio counties see sales tax collections rise
Ohioans had no problem pulling money out of their wallets last year, and county governments were a big winner.County sales tax collections rose 7 percent statewide, to $1.5 billion — the biggest...
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